Health Behaviours among Secondary School Students by Educational Level

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HealthBehavioursamongSecondarySchoolStudentsbyEducationalLevel.csv (9 rows, 753 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Edu level Text	Physical activity Numeric (Percentage)	Fruit intake Numeric (Percentage)	Vegetable intake Numeric (Percentage)	Fruit and vege intake Numeric (Percentage)	Sweetened drinks intake Numeric (Percentage)	Deep fried food intake Numeric (Percentage)	Salt use Numeric (Percentage)	Fat intake Numeric (Percentage)	Smoking Numeric (Percentage)	Binge drinking Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)33.3%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)33.3%
2006	Overall	11.4	40	46.3	24.4	72.2	47.7	13.8	na	8.6	na
2006	Secondary 1 To 2	11.5	44.5	48.2	27.2	74.1	51.4	15.1	na	5.4	na
2006	Secondary 3 To 4	11.2	35.6	44.5	21.7	70.3	44.3	12.5	na	11.7	na
2009	Overall	10.4	28	46.1	20.6	73.8	48.7	12.7	24.9	6.2	7.6
2009	Secondary 1 To 2	11.7	30.3	45.4	21	75.8	51.2	12.9	26	4	6
2009	Secondary 3 To 4	9	25.8	46.8	20.2	71.9	46.2	12.6	23.9	8.3	9.2
2012	Overall	16.3	34.3	45.5	20.3	73.8	46.4	19.4	24.4	6.2	7.4
2012	Secondary 1 To 2	18.1	36.4	42.1	21.3	76.6	47.2	18.3	23.3	5.4	4.7
2012	Secondary 3 To 4	14.6	32.3	48.6	19.3	71.2	45.7	20.4	25.4	7	9.8

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	Year of survey was conducted
Edu level	edu_level	Text	-	-
Physical activity	physical_activity	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Proportion of students who engaged in vigorous or moderate intensity physical activity for at least 60 minutes per day on 5 or more days a week
Fruit intake	fruit_intake	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Proportion of students who consumed at least 2 servings of fruits (including maximum of 1 serving of fruit juice) every day
Vegetable intake	vegetable_intake	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Proportion of students who consumed at least 2 servings of vegetables every day
Fruit and vege intake	fruit_and_vege_intake	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Proportion of students who consumed at least 2 servings of fruit (including maximum of 1 serving of fruit juice) and at least 2 servings of vegetables every day
Sweetened drinks intake	sweetened_drinks_intake	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Proportion of students who consumed sweetened drinks on average once a day or less frequent
Deep fried food intake	deep_fried_food_intake	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Proportion of students who consumed deep fried food twice a week or less frequent
Salt use	salt_use	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Proportion of students who do not add salt or sauces to cooked food
Fat intake	fat_intake	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Proportion of students who removed all the skin when eating poultry

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6878cd3b49aeb1881d2c3d9afb3881e5"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Health Promotion Board. (2016). Health Behaviours among Secondary School Students by Educational Level (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6878cd3b49aeb1881d2c3d9afb3881e5/view

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HealthBehavioursamongSecondarySchoolStudentsbyEducationalLevel.csv (9 rows, 753 B)

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